Wake timers are scheduled events (usually via the Windows Task Scheduler) that can wake up the PC from sleep/hibernate to run ...

Is the clock on every computer system in your organization set to the correct time? If your answer is no, you’re not alone. According to a 2007 study by Florian Buchholz and Brett Tjaden, both ...

PCs, especially those that run Windows, are notoriously bad at keeping time. Fortunately, you can update your PC's clock with SymmTime 2008, a free download from Symmetricom. SymmTime lets you ...

For some reason the last week my computer clock has been fast. We sync our clocks during login but I don't hardly ever log out. Just to test it I synced my clock when I left on Friday and this morning ...

At the heart of all computers is a clock, a dedicated timepiece ensuring that all of the parts of the computer are synchronized and can work together to execute the instructions that the computer ...

Reader Dan loves his Asus netbook–but not its clock. Every time he turns the machine off, it seems to lose a couple hours. But the minutes, he notes, remain accurate. There are a number of reasons a ...

What apps do you have open? Some apps can cause the clock to slow. You can get Internet apps that sync your clock to the atomic clocks.